Red Sox pitching prospect Chih-Jung “CJ” Liu put up some of the best strikeout numbers in the entire organization last season. Liu, 24, spent all of 2023 with Double-A Portland after closing out the 2022 campaign there. In 26 appearances (24 starts) for the Sea Dogs, the right-hander posted a 5.35 FIP and 4.71 FIP …
Plus, Trevor Story says he’s healthy. We’re now in the fallout stages of a frustrating Winter Weekend for Red Sox fans, as Sam Kennedy, Tom Werner, and Craig Breslow all declared 2024 to be yet another bridge year for the team. Of those three, Breslow is the only one who should get any slack. Who …
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Angel Bastardo was one of 11 minor-league pitchers in the Red Sox organization to reach the century mark in strikeouts this past season. Bastardo, 21, split the 2023 campaign between High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland, posting a 4.68 ERA and 4.16 FIP with 149 punchouts to 55 walks over 24 total starts (119 1/3 innings …
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The Red Sox added to their 2023 draft class earlier this month by trading outfielder Alex Verdugo to the Yankees. In exchange for Verdugo, who is eligible for free agency next winter, Boston received three right-handers from New York who are all at different points in their respective careers. While Greg Weissert — with two …
Of the 13 pitchers the Red Sox drafted in 2022, no one pitched more innings in their first full professional season than 10th-round selection Isaac Coffey. Coffey, the 309th overall pick in the 2022 amateur draft out of Oral Roberts, received a modest signing bonus of $7,500 and made just two relief appearances in the …
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For the second time this week, a former Red Sox pitcher elected to take his talents overseas for the 2024 season by signing with a team in the Korea Baseball Organization. Just days after left-hander Kyle Hart joined the NC Dinos, the Samsung Lions announced on Friday that they signed right-hander Connor Seabold to a …
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Which pitching prospect within the Red Sox organization possesses the best control? According to one prominent publication, it’s Hunter Dobbins. The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, who compiles the Red Sox’ organizational rankings for Baseball America, recently identified Dobbins as having the best control of any Boston pitching prospect heading into 2024. Dobbins ended the 2023 …
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Richard Fitts, one of the newest members of the Red Sox organization, is coming off a very impressive 2023 season. One of three pitchers acquired from the Yankees in Tuesday night’s Alex Verdugo trade, Fitts earned Pitcher of the Year honors in the Eastern League after putting up solid numbers for New York’s Double-A affiliate …
Photo by Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Plus, Shohei Ohtani loves chowder or something. The 2013 World Series reunion tour is on! While it hasn’t been officially announced yet, MLB sources are reporting that Craig Breslow is on the cusp of hiring his old teammate, Andrew Bailey, to be the new Red …
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Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Jake, Keaton, and Bob reminisce about the life of Tim Wakefield and the managerial career of Terry Francona, before attempting to fix the starting rotation from top to bottom in 2024. Welcome back to The Red Seat Podcast, episode number 298. This week, Jake Devereaux, Keaton …
Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images The starting pitching depth disappeared quickly in 2023, and should Brayan Bello only come out at night? Red Sox starters have fallen short of going five innings on 57 occasions this year, with Brayan Bello’s performance on Wednesday being the latest. Chad Jennings asks, and answers, how did a …
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